2019-20 Weber State Men's Basketball
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2019-20 WEBER STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL #WeAreWeber WeberStateSports.com • Facebook: WeberStateMBB • Twitter/Instagram: @WeberStateMBB GAME #3 2019-20 Wildcat Schedule Overall: 0-2 Big Sky: 0-0 WEST COAST BAPTIST Home: 0-1 Home: 0-0 AT WEBER STATE (0-2) Away: 0-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result 11/08 at Utah State L 34-89 11/14 San Diego L 56-71 11/19 West Coast Baptist 7:00 p.m. 11/25 ^ vs. Wright State 3:00 p.m. 11/26 ^ vs. Murrary St. or LaSalle TBA Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. 11/27 ^ vs. TBA TBA Ogden, UT • Dee Events Center 12/04 at Utah Valley 7:00 p.m. 12/07 Westcliff University 2:00 p.m. 12/14 + vs. Utah 2:00 p.m. TV: none 12/17 Bethesda 7:30 p.m. Online video: Pluto TV 535 / WatchBigSky.com 12/21 at BYU 7:00 p.m. 12/28 * Eastern Washington 2:00 p.m. Radio: KLO 1430 AM (Steve Klauke, David Patten) 12/30 * Idaho 7:00 p.m. Live stats: WeberStateSports.com 01/04 * at Northern Ariona 4:00 p.m. 01/09 * Northern Colorado 7:00 p.m. Series: Weber State leads 2-0 01/11 * at Sacramento State 8:00 p.m. Streak: Weber State 2 wins 01/16 * at Idaho State 8:00 p.m. 01/20 * at Portland State 8:00 p.m. In Ogden: Weber State leads 2-0 01/23 * Montana State 7:00 p.m. Last game: 11/14/17 - Ogden - WSU 110-45 01/25 * Montana 7:00 p.m. 01/30 * at Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. 02/01 * at Northern Colorado 7:00 p.m. TIPOFF 02/06 * Sacramento State 7:00 p.m. • Weber State men’s basketball will host West Coast Baptist Tuesday night at 02/08 * Northern Arizona 7:00 p.m. the Dee Events Center. 02/13 * at Montana 7:00 p.m. • The Wildcats are 0-2 on the season following season opening losses to Utah 02/15 * at Montana State 6:00 p.m. State and San Diego. 02/22 * Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. • Cody John led the Wildcats with 20 points in Thursday’s loss to San Diego. 02/29 * Portland State 7:00 p.m. • Jerrick Harding returned to the lineup and moved into fourth place on the Weber 03/02 * Idaho State 7:00 p.m. State career scoring list. Harding is the Big Sky Preseason MVP. 03/05 * at Idaho 7:30 p.m. • Weber State head coach Randy Rahe returns for his 14th season as head coach 03/07 * at Eastern Washington 3:00 p.m. of the Wildcats. Rahe is the Weber State’s and the Big Sky Conference’s all-time 03/11-14 Big Sky Tournament leader in coaching victories with 266 career wins. • West Coast Baptist is located in Lancaster, California. The Eagles compete in ^ Gulf Coast Showcase - Estero, FL the National Christian College Athletic Association. + Beehive Classic - Salt Lake City (Vivint SmartHome Arena) • The game will be an exhibition game for the Eagles. West Coast Baptist lost * Big Sky Conference game # Big Sky Tournament - Boise, Idaho to UNLV and Boise State in the preseason. This will be the first of three games against Big Sky schools in November. • The Wildcats were picked to finish second in the Big Sky preseason media poll and third in the coaches poll. • Tuesday’s game is the opening game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. After Tuesday, the Wildcats will head to Florida for three games Nov. 25-27. • This will be the third all-time meeting between the two schools. Weber State defeated West Coast Baptist in December 2016 and in November 2017 in Ogden. 2019-20 WEBER STATE ROSTER #0 • Caleb Nero #2 • Austin Galuppo #3 • KJ Cunningham #4 • Kham Davis #5 • Cody John 6-2 • 180 • So. • G 6-1 • 175 • Fr. • G 6-2 • 190 • Fr. • G 6-4 • 200 • Jr. • G 6-3 • 185 • Sr. • G Tulsa, OK Santa Clarita, CA Bryan, TX Denver, CO Mississauga, ON, Canada #10 • Jerrick Harding #11 • Michal Kozak #12 • Israel Barnes #13 • Donatas Kupsas #14 • Boubacar Diakite 6-1 • 180 • Sr. • G 6-8 • 215 • Jr. • F 6-4 • 185 • So. • G 6-8 • 215 • So. • F 6-7 • 185 • So. • F Wichita, KS Pilsen, Czech Republic Wichita, KS Joniskis, Lithuania Bamako, Mali #23 • Judah Jordan #24 • Dima Zdor #33 • Tim Fuller #34 • Brenden Morris #50 • Mitch Brizee 6-2 • 185 • Fr. • G 6-10 • 210 • So. • F/C 6-9 • 235 • R-Fr. • F 6-7 • 200 • Sr. • F 6-9 • 175 • Fr. • F Baltimore, MD Yalta, Ukraine Gilbert, AZ Syracuse, UT Twin Falls, ID Randy Rahe Eric Duft David Marek Eric Daniels Jorge Ruiz Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir. of Operations 14th season 14th season 4th season 1st season 2nd season 22 Big Sky Championships • 16 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 25th highest winning percentage in NCAA history 4 WEBER STATE HEAD COACH RANDY RAHE Randy Rahe is in his 14th season as the head coach for the Weber State men’s basketball program. Rahe is now Weber State’s all-time winningest coach and the winningest coach in Big Sky Con- ference history in overall wins and conference wins. In his 13 seasons at Weber State, Rahe has led the Wildcats to five Big Sky titles and nine postseason tournament appearances, including three trips to the NCAA Tournament. He is also the first coach in Big Sky Con- ference history to be named conference Coach of the Year four times and has coached six Big Sky MVP’s in his 11 seasons at Weber State. Rahe has the most wins in Weber State history and the second most in Big Sky history and the most conference wins in Big Sky history. During the 2015-16 season, Rahe led the Wildcats to a 26-9 season that included a Rahe Profile Big Sky regular season title and the conference postseason tournament championship. Born: June 12, 1960 Weber State also made its second trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last three years. Hometown: Bancroft, Iowa Rahe coached Joel Bolomboy to Big Sky MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors Alma Mater: Buena Vista ‘82 as well as Jeremy Senglin to first team All-Big Sky honors. Bolomboy was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Rahe by the Numbers 4 Big Sky Coach of the Year Honors Rahe has had great success at the Dee Events Center, amassing a career record of 5 Big Sky Championships 149-28 at home. He also has an incredible 89-15 home record in Big Sky regular season 6 Big Sky Conference MVP’s games. In 2013-14, WSU set a Big Sky record with 27 straight conference regular season 9 Post-Season Tourn. Appearances home victories. The Wildcats have led the Big Sky in attendance for six straight seasons 19 BSC Academic All-Conf. members and have had and one of the best attendances of any school in the western United 20 Or more wins in seven seasons States. 32 Big Sky All-Conference performers In addition to being named Big Sky Coach of the Year for a record four times, Rahe has Career record also been a finalist for the Skip Prosser Award, honoring the nation’s head coaches who Season Overall Big Sky also exhibit strong moral character. 2006-07 20-12 11-5 (1st) Rahe’s career record 2007-08 16-14 10-6 (3rd) Rahe has coached 29 Big Sky All-Conference against Big Sky opponents 2008-09 21-10 15-1 (1st) performers and 21 Big Sky Academic All-Confer- 2009-10 20-11 13-3 (1st) ence performers in his team with the Wildcats. Record Streak 2010-11 18-14 11-5 (3rd) The Wildcats have won 10 or more conference Eastern Washington 17-7 Lost 1 2011-12 25-7 14-2 (2nd) wins in nine of his 10 seasons at Weber State. Idaho 2-4 Lost 2 2012-13 30-7 18-2 (2nd) Idaho State 18-6 Won 1 2013-14 19-12 14-6 (1st) Rahe has coached five players to Big Sky Montana 15-16 Lost 4 2014-15 13-17 8-10 (t7th) MVP honors six times, including Joel Bolomboy Montana State 19-5 Won 9 2015-16 26-9 15-3 (1st) in 2016. Bolomboy joined Davion Berry in 2014, North Dakota 10-5 Won 1 Northern Arizona 21-5 Won 5 2016-17 20-14 11-6 (t3rd) Damian Lillard, who won the award in 2010 and 2017-18 20-10 13-5 (t3rd) Northern Colorado 19-6 Lost 1 2012, Kellen McCoy and David Patten as MVP’s Portland State 21-5 Won 6 2018-19 18-15 11-9 (t4th) under coach Rahe’s watch. Sacramento State 17-4 Won 2 2019-20 0-2 0-0 Southern Utah 13-3 Won 6 14 yrs. 266-155 (.632) 165-63 (.724) Returning with the Wildcat coaching staff is As- sociate Head Coach Eric Duft who is in his 12th Coaching Experience season at Weber State. Garrett Lever returns for Weber State his sixth season at WSU and David Marek is in Head Coach, 2006-07 -- pres. his second season as an assistant coach. Tim University of Utah O’Flannigan is new to WSU this season as the Assistant Coach, 2004-05 -- 2005-06 Director of Basketball Operations.